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Well, 2008 was a heck of a year for the woodworking community. We saw an incredible explosion of new blogs and podcasts and Twitter is now a household word for many woodworkers. We witnessed the birth of a new conference (Woodworking in America), the success of which proves that despite all the t...
cates my fellow woodworkers. Want to hear more about how I got where I am today? Read Below. The Technology: I use Macs for everything related to the show and the website. I create all of my podcasts using Final Cut Pro and GarageBand. My main video editing machine is a Mac Pro. My video camera is ...
Welcome to the 2008 Holiday Gift Guide. Many of the items mentioned in the show can be found in The Wood Whisperer Amazon Store. Fine Woodworking’s 102 Contemporary Designs – $12.99 at the Taunton Store Lee Valley’s Miter Hook – $8.50 Lee Valley’s Plane Screwdriver...
g. Incidentally, Festool and I put together a DVD of all of my Festool tool demonstrations (some have never been seen before). They were free at the show, and I brought a bunch back with me and would be more than happy to send them to anyone who is interested. Just email me your name & addre...
Although for me, IWF was about representing my sponsors and meeting up with readers/viewers, nearly everyone else has one thing on their mind: tools. So we did our best to get some footage of the most talked about tools of the show. I know we missed quite a few (specifically, Jet’s new osci...
...many folks new to the hobby, its critical that we take a step back occasionally and focus on safety. With the cooperation of the rest of our internet woodworking community, I hope we can create a whole series of blog posts, videos, audio programs and articles that can be referenced all year long. ...
I say bring it on! In many things, competition means the consumer wins and I feel this is no exception. I lost interest in the travelling woodworking shows years ago and I was surprised and elated to see the recent growth of Woodworking in America. I was even more excited with their recent promise ...
This is old news for some of you, but in case you haven’t heard, Popular Woodworking and Woodworking Magazine have merged! This has caused quite a stir amongst subscribers of both publications. Popular Woodworking was a bit more of a “something for everyone” offering, with proje...
After taking a couple days to catch up on stuff, I am finally ready to share my Woodworking in America experience with you. This was my first WIA and my expectations were building all year long. I even vowed to skip IWF (the big tool show in Atlanta), just to make sure I could focus all my attenti...
If you like The Wood Whisperer, you’ll love… Video Producers Matt’s Basement Workshop – Matt is known to us as “The Podfather”. He was the original woodworking podcaster. After all these years, he is still cranking out great audio and video content. Renaissance W...
...any great ones do… late at night in a bar. At a recent gathering of woodworkers, we were sitting around a table asking ourselves, “How can woodworking be saved?” After all, with most schools no longer offering a shop class, millions of school age kids might not ever get the opportu...
Someone posed a very good question in a forum thread recently, and I wanted to bring the discussion to you. The gist was that all of the recent excitement over woodworking (blogs/podcasts/etc…) could actually be BAD for the craft. The logic presented was that many of our great woodworkers h...